O'Hara was a combat field medic for nearly a decade, including during Desert Storm. He says seeing the injuries young men suffered during battle always stuck with him, and now he's giving back.

"To help them reintegrate back into society," O'Hara said.

Lead distiller William Felker said, "Having grown up in the military community, it's just something that's part of your life, so it just seems right to give back to them."

Felker says he likes being a part of a local business, especially one of only six distilleries in the state that handles every step of the process. Diablo does everything from grinding the corn to labeling the bottles.

"People are really interested in moonshine right now," O'Hara said. "Two years from now it might be something else."

If the interest in clear corn whiskey declines, O'Hara says other products are already in the works. We could see an apple pie drink from Diablo Distilleries hit shelves in just a few months.

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